Joe Burrow can't be happy.
The Cincinnati Bengals are making news this offseason for all the wrong reasons.
After a disappointing season of 9-8 last year, this offseason was supposed to be headlined by answers, not more question marks.
While the team closed deals with wideouts Ja'marr Chase and Tee Higgins, star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson is still looking for a new deal and first-round draft pick Shemar Stewart still has yet to sign his rookie deal.
Stewart's unhappiness is linked to very specific contract language regarding the potential voiding of guarantees. Namely, the Bengals want it to be clear that a default committed in any year of the deal wipes out all future guarantees.
Cincinnati apparently words things differently than some other clubs, and that's Stewart's gripe - the specific language of the matter - the legalities.
Adam Schefter appeared on the "Rothman and Ice" show on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus, Ohio, and thinks that ultimately, Stewart will win.
"My guess is he's gonna win that argument," Schefter said. "What, are they gonna wait and say, 'No, we're not gonna give him [that] language?' Try to do it another year with a later pick. This would not be the time to do that. They need him in for his own personal development, for the strength of that defense.
"The longer they go without him, the more time he misses, the further he's set back, the more [it] slows his development, which doesn't help the defense, which puts this team behind the 8-ball."